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Model of a Counterweight (Quan or Huanzhen)

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), 4th/3rd century B.C.
Glazed buff stoneware with incised and impressed decoration
7.5 × 9.5 cm (3 × 3.7 in)

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